Senior Java Lead - AWS Cloud-Native & AI-Driven Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive hands-on Java/Spring Boot development, shape platform modernization, and re-platform critical applications from on-premises to AWS in the Asset & Wealth Management, Alternatives team.

You will lead agile teams, implement distributed integrations with messaging and streaming, uphold secure, observable services, and promote responsible AI-driven engineering practices across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Proven hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in production environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Java (enterprise backend development), with strong practical experience building services using Spring Boot (or equivalent Java frameworks).
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating integrations using messaging and/or event streaming services (e.g., Kafka, AWS MSK, SQS/SNS, Kinesis), including reliable delivery patterns, error handling, and observability in production.
• Practical, hands-on cloud-native experience (the team’s target platform is AWS)
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight.

Responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

Skills

Java backend expertise

Leadership & mentoring

Problem solving

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka / AWS MSK

SQS/SNS

Kinesis

AWS cloud

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Jersey City seeks a Senior Lead Software Engineer to drive hands-on Java/Spring Boot development, shape platform modernization, and re-platform critical applications from on-premises to AWS in the Asset & Wealth Management, Alternatives team.

You will lead agile teams, implement distributed integrations with messaging and streaming, uphold secure, observable services, and promote responsible AI-driven engineering practices across the SDLC.